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=== INTRODUCTION ===
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Wings N Tails EX spawned from my annoyance that my PC Tiefling didn't have a tail, but Neeshka does, especially since said PC is from a tabletop campaign and used her tail to hold things regularly. That led to hours of dredging through unanswered questions about adding tails and wings, posts with incomplete information, missing documentation, broken links to other forums and tools, tools that no longer work or don't have the right features, and mods that give options for cross-gender and cross-race tails and wings, but have conflicts with the core game or expansions.

When you want something done right, you just gotta do it yourself.

Wings N Tails EX started as just a guide, but once I figured out the game by itself is lacking quite a few options, it evolved pretty quick. The files were built with the case game and all expansion campaigns in mind, as well as including support for another mod, Wings Galore, that repositions and resizes wings for all playable races. Unfortunately it doesn't include any custom tails or wings yet, but that may be possible in the future. Unfortunately I'm no artist though so I'd have to find them first.



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=== INSTALLATION ===
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There are multiple ways to go about this depending on how much you want to install.


MINIMAL:
If you're playing an Elf, Half-Elf, Human, Planetouched, Yuan-Ti Pureblood, there are limited options available, but they do exist. See the CODES "Vanilla Only" subsection for what you can do with just TlkEdit.

- Install TlkEdit, doesn't matter where you put it.
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/other/tool/2datlkgff-editor-aka-tlkedit2
- Follow the instructions in the USAGE section below.


WnTEX ONLY:
This option is still limited to the same standard humanoid races as Minimal, but now includes ID codes for both genders in all cases, rather than being gender-locked. See the CODES "WnTEX Only" subsection.

- Install TlkEdit, doesn't matter where you put it.
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/other/tool/2datlkgff-editor-aka-tlkedit2
- Download (this file) and extract its contents to your "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\override" folder.
This should have placed a "Wings N Tails EX" folder inside override.
- Follow the instructions in the USAGE section below.


WnTEX + Wings Galore:
If you're playing a non-standard humanoid like a Dwarf or Halfling, or you want things to look just right, this is the option you need if you want. Wings Galore adds repositioned and resized meshes for all playable races. See the CODES "WnTEX + Wings Galore" subsection.

- Install TlkEdit, doesn't matter where you put it.
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/other/tool/2datlkgff-editor-aka-tlkedit2
- Download Wings Galore and extract its contents to your "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\override" folder.
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/hakpak/original-hakpak/wings-galore-pak-v15
This should have placed a "wb-wings" folder inside override.
- Download (this file) and extract its contents to your "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\override" folder.
This should have placed a "Wings N Tails EX" folder inside override.
- Follow the instructions in the USAGE section below.



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=== USAGE ===
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Install as described above. Screenshots are provided for the following instructions.

***As with any mod, back up any files you intend to edit!***

- Run TlkEdit2.exe. This is the version of the program meant for NWN2.
- Open file(s) based on who you want to edit:
- If you wish to edit your player character, open all of:
"My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\localvault\(your_character_name).bic"
"My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\saves\(save_folder)\player.bic"
"My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\saves\(save_folder)\playerlist.ifo"
Any steps below must be applied to all above files identically to function properly in-game,
and not doing so can potentially cause save corruption!
- If you wish to edit a roster NPC, open just:
"My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\(latest_save_folder)\(npc_name).bic"
- For Tails:
Scroll down to find the "Tails" entry,
doubleclick on the number on the right (probably 0 by default),
type in the ID number of the tail you want,
and press Enter.
- For Wings:
Scroll down to find the "Wings" entry,
double-click on the number on the right (probably 0 by default),
type in the ID number of the wings you want,
and press Enter.
- Tinting:
By default the tone is set to white.
For most appearance features this is fine and won't drastically affect appearance.
However, specifically for the skin tone Tiefling tails (ID# 6 and 31), you'll want these to match your character.
- Above the Tails and Wings lines, look for "Tintable", "Tint_Head", and "Tint_Hair".
- Expand the "Tintable" category, click on "Tint", then press Ctrl-X (or click the scissors icon at the top) to remove the entry.
- Expand the "Tint_Head" category, followed by the "Tintable" section contained inside.
Click on "Tint", then press Ctrl-C (or click the two papers icon beside the scissors) to copy it.
- Return to the empty "Tintable" category above "Tint_Head", where you previously deleted "Tint".
Make sure the empty Tintable category is selected,
then press Ctrl-V (or the clipboard icon beside the papers and scissors) to paste the "Tint" you copied.
- If done correctly, the values within both "Tintable" and "Tint_Head/Tintable" will be identical.
- Save your file(s).
- Load the edited save in-game.
The edited character should now have your added appearance features.



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=== CODES ===
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See "WnTEX_Codes.txt" for organized list.



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=== COMPATIBILITY & KNOWN ISSUES ===
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- Files Edited:
tailmodel.2da
wingmodel.2da

- Potential Conflicts:
The WnTEX files were designed with the Core and Expansion campaigns in mind. Due to how Neverwinter Nights 2 handles file priority and overrides, other mods and/or custom module campaigns may conflict, causing missing appearance features (wings, cloaks, tails, etc).

If you find a module that isn't compatible and can't figure out how to fix it yourself, you can always ask me to take a look (most easily reached on the Nexus or Steam). Keep in mind that it's likely any module that edits these files will be incompatible with all others, so file management to swap out different versions will be necessary as you play different custom campaigns and adventures.



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=== MIRRORS ===
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- Neverwinter Vault
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/hakpak/original-hakpak/wings-n-tails-ex

- Nexus Mods
https://www.nexusmods.com/neverwinter2/mods/1183

- Steam Community (guide only)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2919282496